Shiho Shibata vs Yajing CaoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Shiho Shibata and Yajing Cao have met 1 time since 2026; Yajing Cao leads 1–0. Across all meetings Shibata has taken 0 sets to Cao's 2. Their most recent meeting: Yajing Cao won at W15 Maanshan (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shibata | Cao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Shiho Shibata | Yajing Cao | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 9/12 | 100% | 3/3 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 6/15 | 21% | 3/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 9/27 | 18% | 3/17 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 100% | 2/2 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 43% | 3/7 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 4/6 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 79% | 11/14 | 60% | 3/5 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 64% | 9/14 | 60% | 3/5 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Shibata 0, Cao 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shibata
🎾 All-Court
Cao
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🎾 All-Court across 952 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Yajing Cao.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the all-court's tactical versatility.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 22, 2026
W15 Maanshan
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shibata | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–3 | - |
| Avg odds | 3.54 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -3.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Shibata | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | ECU → POR | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shibata has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Cao's 0%).
| Opponent | Shibata | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| Trusha Jani | W 60 62 | L 76 36 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Olivia Quigley
W35 Wagga Wagga · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Riko Kikawada
W35 Wagga Wagga · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Trusha Jani
W35 Wagga Wagga · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Ingrid Ioana Sanduleasa
W15 Campulung · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Anastasia Necula
W15 Campulung · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Adriana Monlleo Ramos
W15 Badalona · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 31
Roisin Gilheany
W15 Brisbane · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jul 27
Renee Alame
W15 Brisbane · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 21
Cherry Kim
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Anastasia Efremova
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 16
Xin Tong Wang
W15 Luan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jul 12
Maralgoo Chogsomjav
W15 Luan · 1st Round
Jul 8
Jiayu Xu
W15 Maanshan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 30
Wei Zheng
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Shiho Shibata
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Yiru Chen
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 17–27 matches
| Metric | Shibata | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 18% |
| Sets won | 48% | 24% |
| Games won | 49% | 42% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Shibata | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Shibata | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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